to know... does race-day really take some seconds off your time? I normally train with my mp3 player, but I understand that these aren't allowed on the day, I'm worried I won't do as well without it (although, my mind does seem to wander from the music

it’s a great and it’s a big thing to have in common and avoids a lot of potential arguments (none of this “you love your trainers/bike more than me”, “do you have to go out again?” etc).  No moaning on race-day about standing around with your kit

's to your existing sessions.I didn’t realise you were putting so much time into the weights, so I can see how this extra session would be hard to fit in.I run everyday so I have not tried the 3 longer runs a week tactic but know friends that are pushed

of all those people running past me. Still not long to go now. RachI slightly early but heartfelt 'good luck' for race-day. Have a brilliant day. Hi allHope all the training has been going well for everyone - I guess it's "taper time" now! Yipee

for nearly 4 months, so had no idea how it would go.I'm targeting 9:00 miles for race-day (maybe slightly faster if training goes well), so thought I would aim for 8:20 on my intervals.Did:8:188:168:27 (inc. some muddy trail)8:31 (slightly uphill overall)8

'd be wanting to move through the field on the bike, but my tactic was to find a nice little gap, and just stay there, not getting too close to the person in front to get pinged fro drafting, but just go at an easy pace and not overcook it. Having only done 10

.Blisters-Just saw your post from Friday. XC was North Staffs league. I'm guessing you were racing one in Cheltenham.What: Steady 90 mins pmWhy: RecoveryLast Hard: YesterdayLast Rest: 13 daysHad a fairly pleasing run at xc on Sunday. Quite a tactical finish

for last year's Paris Marathon, I was pretty overweight (17st), undertrained (aver. 16 miles a week in twenty weeks prior to race-day) and had only made a longest training run of 17 miles.Yet, I ran/walked to 4:47 in my first marathon. What

(tactically poor race). Barnsley runner, is this the x country at skeggness? iv heard about it somewhere. im from Doncaster & Stainforth but in uni at lincoln at the moment so i havent heard much in terms of meetings and events. Havent been back since